Specialty Crop

Sells locally produced foods, including vegetables and fruits when available, pumpkins and sweet corn in early fall, chili mixes, jams and jellies, hot sauces, freeze-dried candy, homemade prairie pies (granola bars), and locally roasted coffee beans.

The store hosts the annual Hello Autumn event in September, offering locally produced cut flowers and fresh produce, pumpkins, sweet corn, roasted hatch chilies, and locally prepared foods. Among the festivities is an apple pie walk. “Hello Autumn gives our local artisans and farmers a place to sell their items after the farmers’ markets are over and before the holiday events start,” says Jodi Axford, owner of Thrifty Foods.